STORY BY*Andrea Garcia grew up in Mexico and moved to the United States when she was 16 years old. Three years later she married *Eduardo. The couple left for their honeymoon looking forward to a special night with each other – their first.
“You see, in my culture, having sex for the first time is sacred. It’s not something we take lightly. Eduardo and I decided to save ourselves for that night,” says Garcia.
Their honeymoon night, they were to discover, would have to wait.
“We were not able to have sex. No one had ever told me that my body was different. Thankfully, I had a very understanding husband. He held me and said it was okay, that we would go see a doctor and find out what was wrong,” says Garcia.
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Add fiber to your diet... slowly
Dietary fiber is versatile and talented. It assists in discouraging a long list of woes: constipation, hemorrhoids, heart disease, diabetes, bad cholesterol and certain cancers.
Foods such as apples, berries, oranges, beans, broccoli, bran, multigrain breads and cereals should be added slowly into your diet, followed by an increase in fluid intake. Eventually you want to work up to 4 ½ cups of high fiber foods a day.
Otherwise, you might find yourself feeling more bloated, gassy or experiencing stomach cramps.So, add one high-fiber food at a time about a week apart. Increase your water intake (which includes unsweetened teas, diet sodas, juice) to eight glasses a day to help the fiber move through your system.
